During the hiatus from Order of the Phoenix filming, Alan Rickman will be keeping busy. He is attached to star in the film The Villa Golitsyn with Kristin Scott Thomas, which begins shooting in France this summer and is slated for a 2007 release. He will also bring “My Name is Rachel Corrie,” which he …read more!

A few days ago there was news on actor Dan Radcliffe’s upcoming appearance on the Ricky Gervais show “Extras.” Today there are new reports online which give further detail about all the guest stars for this season. Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is now described as playing a character on the show who is a “yob.” …read more!

Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan) and Stanislav Ianevski (Viktor Krum) have been touring Japan, and have sent Leaky some pictures of their visit: Visiting Red Monkey in Shibuya, picking out their watches (the Red Monkey Watches are known as celebrity watches). In Fukushima, they visited girl’s school and experienced a tea ceremony. Playing the Koto, the …read more!

As we told you in March, The Book Magazine, a quarterly pulication launched this year, ran an online poll to select the greatest living British writers. J.K. Rowling tops the list, with three times the number of votes as the second-place author, Terry Pratchett. Others in the top 20 include A.S. Byatt, Salman Rushdie, Harold …read more!

Last night, actress Emma Thompson was awarded the UK Glamour Women of the Year award, as “Film-Maker of the Year.” Also attending this award ceremony was her new co-star in Order of the Phoenix, actress Imelda Staunton. You can see some good photos of the actresses who play Professor Trelawney and Professor Umbridge respectively at …read more!

Michael Gambon recently appeared on the British television show Top Gear, and sat down with presenter Jeremy Clarkson for a chatty and very funny interview in which he discussed cars, interviews, theater and film. You can see this interview in WMV and iPod-friendly format here, thanks to our reader Sarah, who sent it in: WMV …read more!

Ricky Gervais appeared on the Jo Whiley Radio Show recently, and confirmed again that actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) would be appearing on the comedy show “Extras” in the near future. Mr. Gervais said that a cameo appearance from Dan is coming soon, as new episodes of the program are being filmed starting today. You …read more!

Here is your weekly Cauldron Shop update, highlighting what’s hot in the shop. This week, all things Slytherin: Lucius Malfoy Walking Stick Draco Malfoy Wand Snape Mini Bust Snape Wand Slytherin House Ring Slytherin Tie and Scarf Set Slytherin Pin All purchases made via the Cauldron Shop help support the entire Floo Network, and we …read more!

Oh what glad tidings and joy I have this day Everyone, won’t you please join in and say Here’s to you, Jason Isaacs, Happy 43 Birthday! Here’s to you Jason, our favorite beautiful blue-eyed baddie! May you always wear the Paris Hilton wig as Lucius Malfoy with style for years to come. Cheers to you …read more!

There is a new list out from Entertainment Weekly magazine, this time of the top fictional characters. Harry Potter came in at number two on their list of top franchise characters, with Wolverine from X-Men taking the top spot: Few other teenagers could boast of vanquishing evil wizards and box office records even before puberty …read more!